Window-lock.



PATENTED JAN. 21, 190s.

No. 87m88.-

G. M. KINSEY. W

vINDOW LOOK.

s ances and has for its object to provide a fricfriction element which1s in the form of a strip at its upper end to UNITED sTATEs PATENToEErcE.

COLUMBUS M. KINSEY, OF KING, TEXAS.

E WINDOW-LOCK.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J an. 21, 1908.

Application led July 23. 1907A Serial No. 385202.

to the said friction member 6. In order to form the wire member, thewire is bent at its l middle and coiled once and throughthe eye formedby this coil, which eye is indicated by the numeral 12, is passed ascrew 13 which is screwed into the stile of the window frame. This wireattaching 'member, vof course, projects inwardly from the friction strip6 in order that the friction face of the said member may of the windowsash.

In order that the member may be held tightly against the stile of thesash a resilient wire member 14 identical in construction with themember above-described, is secured at the end of one of its arms to thefriction. member 6 adjacent the lower end thereof and the other armsecured at its end to the stile of the window frame. The tendency is forl these arms to spread and this serves to hold the friction memberagainst the stile of the sash and in turn, to hold the sash at variouselevations.

From the foregoing description of my invention it will be seen that thedevice may be applied to any window now in use and that when in place,it will effectually hold the sash at any desired point.

What is claimed, is,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, COLUMBUS M. KINsEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at King, in the county of Cory'ell, State of Texas, haveinvented certain new and useful lmprovements in VVindow-Locks; and l dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, i and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to. make and use the This invention relatesto window sash baltional balance which will be highly efficient inaction and which may be applied to any window with merely the use of ascrew driver.

In carrying out my in vention lprovide a of wood and also provide springmembers which are connected with the friction member and secured to thewindow frame in such i a manner as lto hold the friction element Itightly against the sash.

ln the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the deviceshowing the manner of applying the same to a window frame and sash, Fig.2 isa similar view of the device showing the position which the frictionmember would assume if the sash were not in place, Fig. 3 is a top planview of the balance, Fig. 4 is a front elevation thereof in place uponthe window, and, Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but of the oppositeside of the balance. v

As shown in the drawings, the balance embodying my invention, comprisesa friction member which is indicated by the numeral 6 and which is inthe form of a strip of wood.y The friction or working face of the stripis indicated by the numeral 7 and is designed to k bear against thestile of the sash. The stile .of the window sash is indicated by the nuithe strip will be held in frictiona engagemeral 8 and the stile of thewindow frame by ment with the sash. the numeral 9. ln testimony whereofT afliX my signature,

The friction member is attached pivotally in presence of two witnesses.

the window frame stile by l COLUlVIBUS M. KINSEY. means of a wireattaching member which is l `Witnesses1 substantially V-shaped and issecured at the Gr. W. KINsEY, ends of its arms 10 by means of screws 11E. MoCLEsKEY.

be forced against the stile V-shaped wire attachingA The combinationwith the stile or a win-

